Halloween

Halloween was a lot of fun this year. The night before Halloween Sam and I went to a friend from her schools toddler party. It was a lot of fun seeing all her friends and spending time with the parents. What a cute idea!!! We decided that we didn't want Alex to be around all the germs since she didn't have any of her shots yet so she stayed home with Dan. Several of the hubbies were jealous that Dan got to stay home becuase it was during the time of the World Series..

Halloween night the whole family spent the evening over at Erik and Sarah's house. So much fun playing in their backyard for the afternoon, then dinner then trick or treating.

Cast of characters

Sam - Snow White (or she called herself a yellow princess)

Alyson - Blue princess (it has been a while I can't remember exactly which one she was)

Kendall - A ladybug

Alex - A pumpkin

Jammer- Ghostbuster

Erik - Superman

Dan - A Rangers Fan

Here are a few pictures from the evening..So much fun and so lucky that the whole family loves to get together for these fun occasions...

See you later honey....

And as I was calling bye to Dan as Sam and I left for a Halloween toddler party I didn't hear a response...This is what I saw as Sam and I peeked into the living room before we left...

Aly's Soccer game

So this Fall Aly (our oldest niece) was on a soccer team. So we were able to make it to a game right before Halloween. She did great!!! She is such a natural and looked pretty darn cute in her uniform. Sam kept asking us when was it going to be her turn as she was on the sidelines with us. So cute....So after the game her and Aly kicked the ball in the goal over and over and over again.

Here is our family of four cheering on Alyson at her soccer game!!

Here is Papa John (aka PI PI) giving some pointers after the game...

Sam finally got to go on the field and play and kick the ball in the goal. She was so happy and Aly loved showing her the ropes...They are such cuteness together. I love the fact that they will get to grow up together and the two little ones will get to grow up together as well...

A belt is a must have.....

Apparently to our 2 and 1/2 year old. One day randomly Sam started telling me she needed a belt for her jeans...I kinda blew her off as not sure where she was getting it from. We finally realized she was watching her Daddy get ready in the mornings and the last thing he does before leaving is put on his belt. So one day while out and about grabbing a few things I picked up Sam a belt. She got sooooo excited. So had to share a few pictures of her..

Pre-belt

Showing off her new belt..She is so proud of it... And it is pink and sparkly. What more could a little girl ask for???

Alex and Daddy....

Well these were taken right around Alex's 1 month birthday and I just loved them. They caught Dan and Alex bonding...

Kendalls Baptism

Also in later October we were able to help celebrate our youngest niece Kendall's Baptism. She did great and looked so cute. It was so nice to have the whole family together for the celebration. The kids all looked so cute dressed up. Again Alex did great and slept through the whole service and Aly and Sam got to play in the kids room until the actual baptism. As I have no idea how Sam would have done had we needed her to sit still through the whole service....eekkkk Could have been disaster. Then afterwards we had a super yummy lunch at a yummy restaurant near church.

Sarah, Erik and Kendall
Erik with my (I say that but really they are our parents) parents and Kendall
The two little cousins Alex and Kendall!!!

The two older cousins Sam and Aly...

Pumpkin Patch and Alex's 1 month birthday

So Alex turned one month and was doing great!!!

Here are her statistics:

Weight 10.2 90%

Height 21.8 95%

Head 15 90%

So she is moving right along and eating well and sleeping a lot still at this point..

So we met my folks for lunch one day in Allen and accidentally stumbled across a pumpkin patch so took the opportunity to let Sam play and take some pictures... She was very mesmerized by the dried corn on the ground...Have no idea why that was so interesting to her.

Also the girls wore there Big Sister Baby Sister Shirts and they looked so cute in them!!!

They have their names written in smaller print around the pink circle... Sam loves to wear that shirt...